MMM-aviationwx (Aviation weather)

[stuloh]

Ah yes - I’ll take a look at it - a bit time strapped at the moment, but will get around to it eventually.

[cohron]

Great start, already using it. I assume you are a fellow pilot.

[320fan]

Hi all,

I would like to push development of this module. Now, it can track only US airports, but the best way to allow worldwide aviation weather (METAR & TAF) monitoring. For that, I would like to propose a https://avwx.rest service. In addition to “raw” METAR&TAF data (https://avwx.rest/api/metar/KJFK for example) with JSON format, you can parse any weather data via AVWX engine (example: https://avwx.rest/api/parse/metar?report=KJFK 012251Z 04012KT 10SM OVC011 16/13 A3014&options=info,translate)

Is anyone able to help with this modification? I’m not an expert in java (but I can help with decoding of TAF&METAR data for sure ;) But, however, I can help with test for that script modification.

[Mykle1]

@320fan

Have you tried to contact the author?

[320fan]

@Mykle1 said in MMM-aviationwx (Aviation weather):

@320fan

Have you tried to contact the author?

Sure. He told me that for this moment he doesn’t have time for that. So, I would like to find a people, who interested in that development.

[Mykle1]

@320fan

Oh, I see. I will take a look at the data. You are interested in both METAR and TAF data? Can you give me a url to the data that you do want?

[320fan]

@Mykle1 said in MMM-aviationwx (Aviation weather):

@320fan

Oh, I see. I will take a look at the data. You are interested in both METAR and TAF data? Can you give me a url to the data that you do want?

Firstly, thanks for your help. As I told before, I’m not a expert in Java.
Yea, I would like to get both METAR/TAF data. And I would like to keep a initial MMM-aviationwx layout for METAR (Wind, Visibility, clouds, temperature and runaway codition). For the TAF reports - I just want to see all available time periods with data above.

If I got you correctly, as initial reference you can take next data (it’s my base airport):
https://avwx.rest/api/taf/uudd
https://avwx.rest/api/metar/uudd

P.S. If I go deeply into the detail - my company use AIMS Crew Management System, for which I have iPad iAIMS application, which creates events in my calendar like “3355 DME GYD”. Number - it’s a flight number and DME/GYD - IATA departure and arrival airports. As a best solution I would like to see both METAR/TAF reports for the next upcoming flight in the calendar. For the calendar - I have set up sync of my MagicMirror with iCloud based calendar via vdirsyncer:

               {
                        module: "calendar",
                        header: "Main calendars",
                        position: "bottom_left",
                        config: {
                                colored: true,   // Activate coloring
                                fetchInterval: 100000, // ~2 mins
                                timeFormat: "relative",
                                calendars: [
......
                                        {
                                                symbol: 'plane',
                                                maximumEntries: 5,
                                                maximumNumberOfDays: 31,
                                                color: '#16416B',
                                                url: 'http://localhost:8080/modules/calendars/my_iCloud_ID_for_calendar.ics',
                                        },

[Mykle1]

@320fan

In its simplest form, the data from the TAF url
https://avwx.rest/api/taf/uudd

It appears somewhat incomplete, as some of the elements have no data within them. Also, the data for TAF does not include flight information that I can see. I can take a look at the METAR data later today if you like

[Mykle1]

@320fan said in MMM-aviationwx (Aviation weather):

https://avwx.rest/api/metar/uudd

Data before being displayed by MM

[320fan]

@Mykle1 Yea, I have seen these data for both METAR/TAF: it’s a pure JSON which may be (I hope) easily adopted for that module. If you may adopt initial module with a new data source, it will be very nice.

For the empty fields, which contains no data logic is very simple: no observation/forecast=no data in the fields.
For the TAF report it seems that you must follow all elements of the “Forecast” array and display it like:
“Start-Time”/“End-Time”, “Type” (in case of BECMG or TEMPO);
“Wind-Direction”, “Wind-Gust”, “Wind-Shear”,“Wind-Speed” - if they are presented;
“Visibility”;
“Cloud-List”;
and last but do not least:
“Icing-List”;
“Other-List”;
“Probability”.
Or you just can follow each “Raw-Line” element of “Forecast” array (this is ok for me, but I’m not sure about all others person, who would like to use this module).